citizenship applications

Seeking national membership

Citizenship applications are formal requests submitted to a government for legal recognition as a citizen of that country.

The process typically involves paperwork documenting residency, language ability, and background checks: Her citizenship application was approved after three years.

The term often appears in discussions of immigration policy and naturalization backlogs.

Opposites
immigration status direction

citizenship applicationsdeportation orders

Government commands to leave country

denaturalization · expatriation · banishment · exit visas · voluntary exile

permanence of status sought

citizenship applicationstourist visas

Travel authorization for vacationers

transit visas · student visas · day passes

Family

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